Re: HTTP Password.

[Richard]

Sorry but I was not clear on what you meant by a tag as per htaccess.

Dave, there is no tag associated with htaccess. This is a server side issue. Once you

gain entrance to that part of the sever, then the pages will load as if you entered

by regular means.

Consider this. Every time to visit a web page you are gaining access to a part of a

server. Say, its an apartment in a building. Now if you are going to the Macromedia

apartment (more like an apartment leading to many many rooms...the door is normally

open so the files in that apartment (and respective rooms) are easily down-loadable

to your PC. If one door is locked, you need a key, or a user name and password to

enter. Once you get in the files which are being called by your browser flow out to

you just as they did when the door was open.


Hope that clears it up.


Dave Smith wrote:


> Richard wrote:

> >

> > Since I have little to add as per Flash (but workinmg on it) allow me to offer

> > some tips on how to use htpassword to protect the files in a directory in a

> > UNIX directory.

> > The web document to be protected.

> > Actually, access is restricted by directory so all files in the same directory

> > will be protected.

> >

> > First crete the file->  .htaccess  <- using a text editor in UNIX like the

> > simple PICO or for the more ambitous, Vi.

> > Notice the period before the htaccess that makes the file exectuable via Born,

> > Korn CShell etc.

> > .

> > This file should be in the directory which contains the documents to restrict

> > access to. The contents of this file are just the what the later password file

> > calls.

> >

> > For example if you were user 'flasher' with web documents in the local

> > directory "/home/flasher/public_html/flashdemos" that you wanted to restrict

> > access to, your .htaccess might look like:

> >

> > AuthUserFile /home/flasher/public_html/flashdemos/.htpasswd

> > AuthName flasher_flashdemos

> > AuthType Basic

> > <Limit GET>

> > require valid-user

> > </Limit>

> >

> > Note that .htaccess will not work if there are extra spaces after AuthUserFile.

> >

> > The file .htpasswd.

> > This file contains the passwords of the users.

> >

> > To create the .htpasswd file log in to this server using telnet, change

> > directory to the directory you want to restrict access to, and type:

> >

> > htpasswd -c .htpasswd someone

> >

> > for the first user (where someone is the username). You will then be prompted

> > twice for the user's password. The -c option causes the .htpasswd file to be

> > created. For each additional user type:

> >

> > htpasswd .htpasswd someuser

> >

> > piece of cake.

>

> Hiya Rhichard,

>

> Wont this tag keep the .swf file from caching onboard users system?

>

> Also do any browsers NOT support this?

>

> -DG-

>

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